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Sold house, can I be sued for damage caused by incorrect installation by plumber.

BillyfromS · 2023-11-22 14:55:13

About 25 years ago I had my cold water tank moved into the loft and the plumber fed the overflow pipe into the internal soil stack. In 2015 and again in 2020 the tank overflowed and I only found out after getting massive water bills. Apart from the cost I wasn't concerned because I thought the water was going safely down…

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_Penny_Dreadful Posts: 1,472 Forumite

23 November 2023 at 4:35PM edited 23 November 2023 at 4:37PM

user1977 said:

_Penny_Dreadful said:

@BillyfromS does the S stand for Scotland? Did you just sell a property in Scotland and if so when was the date of entry?

If it was Scotland then there’d be a Home Report, so the buyer would have a survey.

The OP says that the buyer didn’t bother getting a survey done not they didn’t have access to a survey. Why would a buyer not have a survey done? Perhaps because the vendor has a Home Report.

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